Exploring the Ethical Implications of Animal Research

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Ethics
Definition: Ethics can be defined as a set of moral principles or values that deals with what is good and bad and it upholds moral duty and obligation of an indivual or community.
It can also be defined as the study of right conduct and a rational process for determining the best course of action in the face of conflicting choices. Medical ethics is the science of moral values that guides a medical practioner in their relationship with their patients, the state and professional brethren.
Animal research has had a vital role in many scientific and medical advances in past and continues to aid our understanding of various diseases thus helping us to understand the pathophysiology of diseases and finding the cure for such disease. Due to the advances and subsequent development of new therapeutic drugs and treatments which is made possible by animal research people enjoy better quality of life and eradication of deadly diseases throughout the world. However, the use of laboratory animals in life Science experiments and medical research has been a subject of frenzied debate for many years because the animals are subjected to pain and suffering, to some …show more content…

Regulation of animal experimentation in modern societies is mostly based on the idea that this is ethically acceptable when certain more or less defined formal demands and ethical principles are met. Morals are established for animal caging, cleaning, feeding, environmental conditions, environmental enrichment and transportation.
Animal Caging
The animal must be kept in proper caging to improve the sanitary conditions and to ease overcrowding of the animals in the cage which in turn enhances the living conditions of the animals in considerations. The housing used must permit easy cleaning procedure, ease of transportation and must be durable to reduce the cost of maintaining the animals in

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